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SKI AREA CLOSINGS
Sunday
Aspen Highlands, Buttermilk, Durango Purgatory, Ski Cooper, Sol Vista, Sunlight, Telluride, Wolf Creek.
April 9
Crested Butte, Monarch, Steamboat.
April 16
Aspen Mountain, Beaver Creek, Copper Mountain, Keystone, Snowmass, Winter Park/Mary Jane.
April 17
Eldora.
April 23
Breckenridge, Vail.
May 1
Loveland.
June 5
Arapahoe Basin.
June 15
Silverton Mountain.
ADVENTURE RACING
April 6-9
Women’s AdventureXscapes Adventure Retreat; receive instruction in kayak, mountain bike, rappelling and canyoneering disciplines; $995; lodging, equipment and meals included; limited entries; Moab. gravityplay.com
April 27-30
Co-ed AdventureXscapes Adventure Retreat; receive instruction in kayak, mountain bike, rappelling and canyoneering disciplines; optional navigation, nutrition and gear workshops; $995; lodging, equipment and meals included; limited entries; Moab. gravityplay.com
AVALANCHE AWARENESS
April 8
Avalanche Refresher class; a review of the avalanche phenomena at the Level 1 standard; prerequisites: completion of Alpine World Ascents Avalanche 1 course or equivalent; $110; at Rocky Mountain National Park. alpineworldascents.com
April 15
Avalanche Assessment Mentoring Tour; full-day skill tours devoted to slope and snow stability assessment; $120; at Rocky Mountain National Park. cmsschool.com
CLIMBING
April 12
Bouldering Event With Lynn Hill; morning of bouldering with tips from Hill; limited to 18 participants, preregistration required; $10 donation to Global Greengrants; Boulder. outdoordivas.com
CYCLING
April 21-23
Fruita Mountain Biking tour; with The Women’s Wilderness Institute; limited to 10 participants; in Fruita; $435. womenswilderness.org or 303-938-9191
Ongoing
Road rides each weekend in the south Denver area hosted by the Highlands Ranch Cycling Club; intermediate to advanced; two to five hours; helmet required; free. highlands-ranchcycling.com
Road bike rides every Saturday and Sunday along the Front Range, sponsored by Colorado HeartCycle; 20 to 100 miles; weather permitting; helmet required. heartcycle.org
Gunnison Valley Mountain Biking instruction and tours; private, groups, ladies only, half day, full day or custom; fees vary; Gunnison/Crested Butte. 970-275-0485
Road ride each Saturday morning led by the staff of Bicycle Pedal’r bike shops in Highlands Ranch; 20 to 30 miles; weather permitting; open to all intermediate and advanced riders. bicyclepedalr.com
Road bike rides; weekday evenings and every weekend along the Front Range; 25 to 125 miles; intermediate to advanced; helmet required, hosted by the Rocky Mountain Cycling Club. rmccrides.com
HIKING
April 18
Wilderness Trekking School; Colorado Mountain Club’s beginner hiking school; learn basics of mountaineering and hiking; five weekly lectures and five Saturday or Sunday field days; $80, 7 p.m.; at American Mountaineering Center, Golden. 303-279-3080 or cmc.org/wts
KAYAKING
April 8
Inaugural Kayaks on the Snow; boaters compete in several courses similar to snowboard/skiercross; at Monarch Mountain. 888-996-7669 or skimonarch.com
Ongoing
Open pool session; Sundays through mid-May; 5:30-7 p.m.; $6, gear extra; Mulberry Pool, 424 W. Mulberry, Fort Collins. 970-493-5720 or themountainshop.com
Open pool session and beginner and expert lessons hosted by Confluence Kayaks; 8-10 p.m. Tuesdays; lesson with gear, $45, open pool access only, $10; reservations required; University of Denver’s El Pomar Natatorium, 2201 East Asbury Ave. 303-433-3676 or confluencekayaks.com
Open pool session and roll clinic hosted by the Boulder Outdoor Center; 8-10 p.m. Sunday; clinic $34, open pool access $15; reservations required; Louisville Recreation Center, 900 W. Via Appia, Louisville. 303-444-8420 or boc123.com
Open pool session hosted by Pikes Peak Whitewater Club and Colorado Kayak Supply; 5-7 p.m. Sundays; introductory lessons from 4-5 p.m.; Cheyenne Mountain High School pool, 1200 Cresta Road, Colorado Springs. pikespeakwhitewaterclub.com
RUNNING
Saturday
Widowmaker trail runs; two races: 7-mile rarely level singletrack, and tougher 11-mile run; at Tabeguache Trailhead on Monument Road, Grand Junction, 10 a.m.; $3. 970-241-6478 or thetriway.com
Sunday
Platte River Trail Half-Marathon and Buckhorn Exchange Relay; 9 a.m.; at 5754 South Prince St., Littleton; $40-$90. www.platteriverhalf.com
Nellie Mae Scholarship Scuttle 5K; by the Student Bar Association; at Washington Park, 1700 East Louisiana Ave., Denver; run and walk and a kids sprint. www.bkbltd.com
April 8
Edays Blaster Dash 5K; 8 a.m.; at Colorado School of Mines, Kaffadar Commons, 16th Street and Illinois Street, Golden; by the Orediggers’ track and cross country teams; $20. www.edaysblasterdash.com
Sixth annual Divinity Dash 5K run/walk; at East Bank Park in Franktown; also a kids fun run; 9 a.m.; $20. 303-841-8620, ext. 319
April 9
Go Metro State Downtown 5K; course around Auraria Campus in Denver, down Auraria Parkway and Speer Boulevard; 8 a.m.; $20 to $25. gometrostate.com
Ongoing
Bolder Boulder Training Club; mix of workouts, coaching and expert advice; to prepare for the 10K on May 29; meets in Denver and Boulder; 10-week program runs from the present to May 29; meets once per week; $139. bolderboulder.com
FastForward Sports training programs; running and triathlon; build a foundation for preparing for 5K and 10K races or a triathlon; $129 to $329; meetings available in Boulder and Denver. fastforwardsports.net
Niketown Running Club, meets in front of downtown Denver store Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m., year-round rain or shine. Runs or walks from 3 to 7 miles. 303-623-6453 or nikerunning.com
SAILING
April 9
Race Management Seminar; “SailWave” computer scoring discussion with Tom Downing and Joe Beierl; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; at Cherry Creek Yacht Club, in Greenwood Village. rmsail.org/educatio.htm or tmdata@comcast.net
April 15
Junior Chalk-Talk; for young sailors interested in racing; 1-3:30 p.m.; free; location and program to be announced. rmsail.org/educatio.htm or rtaylor@informationtools.com
SKIING/SNOWBOARDING
Saturday-Sunday
SlushHuck; at Crested Butte, at PipeDream and Canaan Terrain Park; competitions include superpipe, pond-skimming and slopestyle; skiers and snowboarders; five age divisions. www.skicb.com
Ongoing
Over the Hill Gang guided skiing days; through April; for riders ages 50 years and older; at various locations; $50 membership. othgi.com or 719-389-0022
SNOWSHOEING/CROSS COUNTRY SKIING
Saturday
Snowshoe Shuffle; a 5K run/walk and a 10K competitive event; 11 a.m.; $20 to $25; at McCoy Park in Beaver Creek. bcsnowshoe.com
April 9
Closing day; Devil’s Thumb Ranch; Tabernash. devilsthumbranch.com, 970-726-5632 or 800-933-4339
TRIATHLON
Saturday
Triathlon Ride Clinic presented by Campus Cycles; covers bike fit, setup and racing strategy; 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; free; Campus Cycles, 2102 S. Washington St., Denver. thetriway.com
April 5
Go Fast Triathlon Run Clinic; presented by Runner’s Roost; 7-9 p.m.; at 1685 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver; covers form and gear.
April 12
Triathlon Racing Clinic presented by Go Fast; at Campus Cycles, 2102 S. Washington St., Denver; 7-9 p.m. www.thetriway.com
April 15
Blasterblast Triathlon; at Colorado School of Mines, Golden; 500-meter swim, 6.5-mile bike, 3.2-mile run; 9 a.m.; $40 solo, $70 team; by the Orediggers’ swim team. athletics.mines.edu/Sports or 303-514-5263
LECTURES/CLASSES
Wednesday
Colorado Scrambles; learn how to find the best scrambling routes in Colorado; led by author Dave Cooper; 7 p.m.; at the Denver REI store. rei.com
“Tripping Out”: Exploring Colorado’s Backcountry Huts; discussion led by backcountry skiing experts; at Boulder REI store; 7 p.m. rei.com
Thursday
Chef’s Culinary Cycling Circus through Italy; Rick Price, of ExperiencePlus! Specialty Tours, discusses inaugural “Celebrity Chef Tour” featuring Jay and Jacki Witlen of Jay’s American Bistro in Fort Collins. Learn to prepare traditional Italian specialties encountered on Italian bicycle tour; free; 7 p.m.; reservations requested; Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. 970-484-8489
LECTURES/CLASSES
April 8
2006 Travel Fest; tips on destinations, packing clinics; at Denver REI store; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. www.rei.com
April 11
Personal stories and climbing adventures around the world; climber Lynn Hill discusses her career, which includes 1992 climb of the Nose of El Capitan, Yosemite’s most famous aid route, in just more than eight hours; 7 p.m.; free. outdoordivas.com
MISCELLANEOUS
April 6-9
Spring Slickrock Yoga Retreat; in Moab; Women’s Wilderness Institute; $490. womenswilderness.org or 303-938-9191
April 7
Radical Reels film tour; by the Banff Mountain Film Festival; $10; at the American Mountaineering Center, 710 10th St., Golden; 7 p.m. banffcentre.com/mountainculture/radicalreels
